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Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

